貘

See also: 貊

貘 U+8C98, 貘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C98 ← 貗 [U+8C97] CJK Unified Ideographs 貙 → [U+8C99]

Translingual

Han character

貘 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月竹廿日大 (BHTAK), four-corner 2423₄, composition ⿰豸莫)

1. panther
2. tapir

Derived characters

• 𧕥, 𧕤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1203, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36621
• Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3915, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8C98

Chinese

trad.		貘
simp. #		貘
alternative forms		獏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貘
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蟆	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模	*maː
摸	*maː, *maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜	*maː, *maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募	*maːɡs
墓	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠	*maːɡ
幕	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mraːɡ): semantic 豸 + phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ).

Etymology

Sense of tapir since Qing and Republican eras due to a misinterpretation of a chimera of the same name attributed to Bai Juyi and further transmitted by Su Song to the Compendium of Materia Medica (1596) made known to Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat in 1824.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ / mok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k / be̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ / mok⁶
    • Yale: mahk / mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ / mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ / mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚²/, /mɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bok
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bek
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: maek

Rime
Character	貘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫白切
Baxter	maek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/mɐk̚/
Wang Li	/mɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貘
Reading #	1/1
No.	9264
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陌
Old Chinese	/*mraːɡ/

Definitions

貘

1. tapir
2. a fantastical chimeric beast
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) giant panda

   • 其獸則𤛑旄貘犛，……。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其兽则𤛑旄貘牦，……。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 司馬相如 (Sima Xiangru) 《上林賦》 "Rhapsody on the Imperial Park", in 《漢書》 Book of Han.

     Qíshòu zé yóng máo mò máo/lí,....... [Pinyin]

     Its [the south's] mammals are zebus, hairy yaks, giant panda, grunting yaks, [...].

   • 獸則麙羊野麋，罷㹈貘貒，……。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     兽则麙羊野麋，罢㹈貘貒，……。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 扬雄 (Yang Xiong) 《蜀都賦》 "Rhapsody on the Shu capital"

     Shòu zé yányáng yěmí, pí máo/lí mò tuān,....... [Pinyin]

     The mammals are takins, wild elaphures, brown bears, yaks, giant pandas, hog badgers, [...].

Japanese

Kanji

貘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
• Kan-on: ばく (baku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
貘
ばく Hyōgai
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 貘 – see the following entry.

【獏ばく】H [noun] baku: a spirit that feeds on nightmares [noun] a tapir Alternative spelling バク

(This term, 貘, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

貘 • (maek) (hangeul 맥, revised maek, McCune–Reischauer maek, Yale mayk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貘: Hán Nôm readings: mạc

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References

• Nom Foundation